Participles/Participial Phrases/Dangling Participles

What are two ways a participle can end?

• -ly

• -ing

• -ed

• -ness

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.

• sailed

• ship

• striking

• distance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participle: The children took off their snowy jackets and crowded by the warming fire.

• warming

• crowded

• took

• snowy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participle: The man shielded his eyes from the blinding sun as he stepped out of the movie theater.

• Shielded

• stepped

• eyes

• blinding

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participle: The startled cat jumped high into the air.

• cat

• air

• jumped

• startled

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participial phrase: Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class.

• in class

• the student struggled

• yawning widely

• to stay awake

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participial phrase: Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.

• the last page

• Sally read the ending

• ending first

• opening the book to the last page

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participial phrase: The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway.

• ran down the hallway

• wearing the blue shirt

• down the hallway

• the girl wearing

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Find the participial phrase: The pilot pushed on the yoke, changing the direction of the plane.

• changing the direction of the plane

• pushed on the yoke

• the pilot pushed on the yoke

• direction of the plane

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? The dog was chasing the boy wearing the spiked collar.

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1C

CCSS.L.11-12.3A